Comments on: Justice Dept. Appeals Ruling on “No Hereditary Kings”

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 22:18:10 +0000

Patty - Maybe the congressmen don’t respond because they don’t read so good.

Many of the congressional staffers I have run into seem illiterate - at least as far as any understanding of freedom or the dangers of governmetn power.

I also hope that people open their eyes soon but I stopped holding my breath long about ‘87.

By: Patty

Patty — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:26:40 +0000

I’m certainly on this judge’s side of the fence. Bush does act like a little tin Hitler and the worst of it is all of these passive americans giving him the go ahead. The bad thing is you vote into office congressmen who are greedy S. O. B.’s and care nothing about their constituency who put them there. I have e-mailed my congressmen numerous times about these particular things and you just get form letters back that do not address anything you’ve asked them. I hope people will soon open their eyes to the fact that we are going to hell in a hand basket soon.

By: Paineite

Paineite — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 16:50:34 +0000

Hamilton and Adams were both monarchists. They endeavored to endow the president with the powers of monarchy and most presidents have continued to expand that power ever since. What we have now is the inevitable result. Stand up! Take back your government. May ALL the gods and powers and all of the people of this land bless and support Judge Anna Diggs Taylor for saying loud and clear what needs to be said today.

By: Klaatu

Klaatu — Sun, 20 Aug 2006 16:01:19 +0000

Yo Bovardi, do you know what ‘conservative’ means? Don’t you really mean Brownshirt Fascist Pigs?

By: Mace Price

Mace Price — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 19:32:09 +0000

…a Federal Judge is to a Senator what a Captain is to a Bird Colonel—You can easily figure the outcome in an argument.

By: Eddie

Eddie — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 18:07:12 +0000

Being a Bushite is like being in a Synagogue of Satan. Ask Pat the Christian Zionist.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:42:49 +0000

Ray, did I say I would be listening?

The only fair solution: Make him read it before a Joint Session of Congress. Have the Sergeant in Arms prevent any members of Congress from leaving (or getting liquored up) until Bush finished.

By: Ray

Ray — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:33:50 +0000

Jim, if Bush had to start over again every time he screwed up the reading, that could be construed as torture…to those in the room listening.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:39:51 +0000

I heard something about Bush being very off his game during a press conference earlier today.

I’m disappointed that none of the White House press corps has yet asked him to spell the word Hezbollah.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:38:30 +0000

Kirk - I think it would be a good penalty to require Bush to read the entire court decision out loud in public.

And every time he screwed up the reading, he would have to start over again from the beginning.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:37:19 +0000

AXE - I think you are right - many soldiers and officers care far more for the Constitution than do Bush or Cheney.

I believe I read somewhere that the top brass had balked about some Bush plans for “solving the Iranian problem.”

By: Original Steve

Original Steve — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 22:01:07 +0000

Bush was ranting about it this afternoon at Camp David. I guess his columnists will compare him to Lincoln since Honest Abe mulled over jailing Roger Taney.

By: Kirk Hayes

Kirk Hayes — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:43:10 +0000

I am sure Augustus Bushus the Ignorant, with his horizontal learning curve, will be extremely surprised at the ruling.

Imagine that - govt snooping on innocent people is unlawful. What a revelation.

I wish there would be a penalty phase for the megalomaniacs that think they rule, rather than govern, us.

Hooray for Anna Diggs Taylor.

Kirk A. Hayes

By: Crusader AXE

Crusader AXE — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 20:20:09 +0000

There is so much wrong with this decision from the Bush point of view. It’s literate, well-thought out, detailed, incisive, precise, in line with the founders’ intent and, oh yeah, correct.

Oddly enough, I think the only thing standing between us and a coup by these guys is the military. A retired soldier, I spend a lot of time with active duty soldiers, sailors and Marines as well as retirees. The minute these clowns actually talk about suspending the consitution, they’ll find themselves in a tough position. If Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney demand something from the troops, and they act like they don’t hear, do they hear?

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 16:18:55 +0000

Adem - if only Americans recognized that politicians were up to no good when the bash the French!

I am currently reading Henry Adams’s history of the Jefferson administration. Very well written but Adams’s pro-government tendencies - as well as his desire to vindicate his family - tarnish the work.

I haven’t read much about the path to the War of 1812. Any recommendations?